Diocese of Adigrat
Adigraten(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Alexandrian tradition · Adigrat, Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Catholic Eparchy of Adigrat is an Eastern Catholic eparchy of the Ge'ez (Alexandrian) rite, not Latin rite, covering the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Established as a prefecture apostolic in 1937 and raised to an eparchy in 1961, it is suffragan to the Archeparchy of Addis Abeba.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Alexandrian tradition
- Erected
- 1961
- Latin
- Adigraten(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000600
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 22,687
- Population
- 4,601,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.5%
- Priests
- 99
- Catholics per priest
- 229
- Extent
- 80,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.3
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Tesfaselassie Medhin
- Born
- 8 January 1953
- Birthplace
- Alitena
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Holy Saviour stands in Adigrat, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Addis Abeba
A suffragan of Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Abeba.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Addis AbebaAddis Abeba
- Diocese of Bahir Dar–DessieBahir Dar–Dessie
- Diocese of EmdeberEmdeber
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in the city of Adigrat, Ethiopia, this Ethiopian Catholic eparchy (Latin: Eparchia Adigratensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Addis Ababa.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- P.O. Box 8, Adigrat, Tigray, Ethiopia –Tel. e fax [0344]45.43.94
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.